About Sly's apology...

At first I assumed the response to radio host John Slyvester's comments about Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch would be swift and unanimously condemnatory. Since I don't like to take part in beating a controversy to death, I thought my remark that what Sly said was "Limbaughesque" would get my feelings across. Ironically, I first read about the comments the day after my first (and very enjoyable) appearance on Sly in the Morning.

Unlike so many media personalities who have no sense of propriety or proportion, however, Sly is mature enough to admit when he steps over the line.

...On Wednesday, Sly sent a letter to Kleefisch apologizing for what he described as "my inappropriate comments on Monday morning's program."

But Sly understands that a radio host can be controversial without being offensive. More importantly, he is enough of a class act to acknowledge when he fails to meet that standard -- and to offer sincere and timely apologies.

I assume this means the Cap Times will be similarly impressed if Mark Belling ever apologizes for one of his racist or anti-Semitic utterances?

One need not be a "class act" to issue a three sentence formal apology for such clearly offensive comments. I have to go get the bus now...I might comment more on this later.